December
There
was a large turn-out for the Overbury Bowling Club’s AGM on Thursday 1 – a
healthy sign of increased membership.
On
Saturday 3 Helen and Jay met in
Jay
returned for Christmas on Wednesday 14, though we took her back for a morning’s
skating on Sunday 18. Proficient enough
now to be joining a dance class in the New Year, she also collected the new
dress she will need for it.
On
Thursday 15, Teresa, Helen and Jay successfully met up for the Horse of the Year
show at
As
in the past, we continued to have trouble with our central heating boiler, with
rapid loss of pressure even with only light loads during the unusually mild
weather. On Tuesday 8 an engineer again
failed to see any leak in the boiler though drips regularly collect underneath
it. As we first reported the fault eight
years ago, we were not best pleased to be told the boiler was so old it ought
to be replaced. A fresh injection of
sealer has fortunately reduced the problem to manageable proportions. Later in the month the controller started to
malfunction. This time we were glad to
have the prompt attention afforded by our service contract, though it took
three quite lengthy visits before the problem was put right just in time for
Christmas.
Helen
returned on Thursday 22, so we were all together for Christmas week – a record
of our Christmas has been posted separately:
Helen
returned on Thursday 29, so Roger, Teresa and Jay saw the New Year in: after the toast, we watched the spectacular